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Investigation and/or manipulation device

US6249747A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 1999
Grant dateJun 19, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/871
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An investigation and/or manipulation tool for a sample which is locally deformed when subjected to a local heat treatment includes a power supply for heating a tip of the tool wherein the tool has a structure such that the power supplied to the tip heats substantially only the tip of the tool and includes a region of relatively high heat conductivity that provides fast cooling of the tip when power is not supplied to the tip.

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